An island roughly 250 miles across, very close to the southern African continent. Contains isolated villages and dense jungle, good for the more adventurous tourist. A town fed by income from fishing and tourism hugs the coast. A little distance inland from it is a very good quality, rather English girl's school which looks out of place here, and would certainly be underattended if it didn't attract people from all over the world.
The inhabitants of Towa have incredible tolerence, with few problems concerning religious, political or racial issues. That's because unconsciously everyone knows about the prominance of animal gods there - more on this tiny island than in most of the entire countries on the globe. It's hard to harbour racial feelings when subconsciously you know there are different, intelligent _species_ out there. The islanders are roughly a 30 - 40 - 30 percent mixture of blacks, mixed race and whites respectively. Or possibly that should be the distribution of humans and beings that _look_ human and of those races.
Another island, this one off the coast of Scotland, the size of the Isle of Wight. A fairly popular tourist trap despite the local religion.
The religion is a bizarre offshoot of Christianity, which embraces the religions' pagan origins. It's main difference in belief is the concept of Hell is not a place for punishment but a heavenly destination for animals and people who lead the sinful lives of animals. Honesty is stressed, and people confess their pure and human acts to the priest, and to snakes their more animalistic acts and thoughts. All the churches (seven) have at least one snake, usually boas and pythons that reach several meters in length. It's believed that when Ireland's patron saint chased the snakes from Ireland they all came here. It's also believed that the snakes are as intelligent as the priests, and this is actually true. As are the rumours of bizarre sexual practices. As are the rumours of supernatural abilities among the worshippers.
The place is civilised, modern and populated by well balanced folks. But comparisons by tourists, of this place and Father Ted's Craggy Island, or The Prisoner are taken in good humour by most. It's not a good idea mentioning the Edward Woodward film The Wicker Man here.